Re: Should 'sum(mvf)' read 'sum(mcv)'...?
Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>
Cc: eric.mutta@gmail.com,
pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2022-08-22T09:13:38Z
Lists: pgsql-docs
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- mcx_acronyms.diff (application/octet-stream) patch
> On 22 Aug 2022, at 09:48, Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 11:02:04PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: >> It appears the above sentence is referring to the "(1 - sum(mvf))" portion >> of the formula, however I am not sure what "mvf" is referring to >> there...shouldn't it be "(1 - sum(mcv))" in order to match what the >> explanatory sentence is saying? > > It should be mcf, ie. Most Common Frequencies. It looks like a very old typo > that survived until now. That seems plausible, but it does seem introduced on purpose in f5678e8e075 so CC:ing Tom for a trip down memory lane. Looking at this I noticed that we mark up MCV and MCF as acronyms but they aren't defined in acronyms.sgml. ISTM it's a good idea to keep a 1:1 mapping between markup and content, so we should probably do that as per the attached? -- Daniel Gustafsson https://vmware.com/
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doc: Reword unexplained abbreviation
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